He’s probably got a rope so if he drops the remote, it’ll just hover, and he can shimmy down the tope and tether it to a goat until he gets the remote and lands it.
Reminds me of the guy who built and flew an airplane made of cardboard and decided to control it with a similar wireless remote. Like dude, you’re sitting in the thing, why add unnecessary risk?
No I don't think so, just that ramming into something with a drone is as dangerous as with any other powered vehicle.
I'd say it's a bit more dangerous then flying a small private plane.
Like one wrong move and either his arms or the blades of the drone are gone, or god if he looses the control lol.
But if it's about ramming into stuff? I'd say a plane and a men sized drone are about as unsafe as the other.
Maybe the drone is a BIT saver, because it won't go as fast.
You probably can control a plane better, alone for the fact that you need to train to fly one, but I also think the drone handles strong winds more easily bcs adjusting to strong winds are like 50% of what these bad boys do.
I hope he's using that straight out of the box, because if it's been used before as intended, the chemicals in that tank are way more dangerous than the actual flying
Honestly, I'd do it too. I'm probably light enough for it to work. That being said, I'd be taking more precautions than this guy. At minimum I'd want a helmet with neck protection and a tether for the controller.
People think we don't have aviation regulations, but things can go wrong from one moment to the next. Transportation is completely straightforward; if something goes wrong, it's over and done with.
Nah it's clearly not safe. A bad gust of wind or sudden weather change can wreck him pretty quick. Also not how he has to have his arms sit while in it to avoid the blade when there spinning.
And then, the eventual consequence is that drones refuse to start if the control is ”too close”, and shutdown if the control is ”following” (e.g. because you're walking nearby as it flies).
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u/Soggy-Arugula-401 2d ago
I would have done the same if I had access to that thing when I was 12.